Opis produktu

In an attempt to portrait middle class in Central Europe, renowned academics, writers and intellectuals from the region and beyond discuss its roots and possible scenarios for the future. Street protesters and bank executives, literary awards recipients and aspiring political representatives of the contemporary middle classes are all in focus.

In this issue:

PéterNádas questions the links of middle class and democracy.

USA based intelligence unit Stratfor reports on geopolitical outcomes of bank acquisition in the region.

Rudolf Chmel examines the conditions of solidarity in times of crisis.

Timothy Garton Ash discusses the horizons of European imagination.

Plus extensive coverage on the relations between the USA and China, an overview of the Central European book awards and much more.

CONTENTS

Europe

Survey: What is the condition and political significance of the middle class in the region? by Iveta Radičová, Gábor Takács, Anna Giza-Poleszczuk, Roman Joch, Vladimír Špidla, Ondřej Liška

The Way Things Stand by Péter Nádas

In Search of a Usable Past: Who Were the Ancestors of Polish Middle Class? By Tomasz Zarycki

Think Thanks Watch

Banking Battlegrounds by Marc Lanthemann (Stratfor’s Europe Analyst)

Economy and Business

Deregulation and New Trust in the State- an interview with Csaba László by Martin Ehl

Igor Janke asks Who Fights for the Middle Class?

Chinese Middle Class at European Doorsteps by Marta M. Golonka

Interview

The Traumatic Symbol of the Middle Class. Interview with Don Kalb by Zoltán Sidó and Dénes Csurgó

Intelligent Mind

The End of Future by Rudolf Chmel

Farmers in Fairy-Tale Land. Poland and the European Crisis by Marcin Krol

The Land of Dilemmas by Magdalena M. Baran

Wojciech Przybylski in an interview with Timothy Garton Ash

Visegrad Abroad

Ukrainian “Stagnarchy” Buries the Eastern Partnership As We Know It by Alexander Duleba

A view from the Potomac by Robert Kron

The Visegrad Group in Eastern Europe: an Actor, Not a Leader (yet) by Jana Kobzová

Communities

The Rusyn Revival in Slovakia – or how to Create a Nationality at the Margin of Europe by Paul Bauer

Reportage

Tramps, hikers, nature lovers – a new era of wanderlust by Szabina Kerényi